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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: Valentin on 23 April 2025, 14:47:00
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Hello everyone,
Last week I removed the door cards to check the speakers because they sounded like totally destroyed, and they were.
I ordered a set of 6" rubber suspensions and rubber glue on Amazon.
Prepare the speakers for the new suspension : remove the old suspension and gently degrease the surfaces. The Amazon suspensions were larger than the original speaker, and you have to remove the edge/lip all around to make a flat surface. To do this in a very easy way, just saw the edge every inch / 15mm, then with a pliers just bend the sections and they will break effortlessly. Then grind a little bit with 240 paper and degrease the surface.
Apply the glue on both the suspension and speaker, wait 10/15 minutes, and assemble in contact both parts. Firmly press the contact surfaces, and gentle adjust to have the suspension concentrical to the speaker. Always verify the cone is not touching the bore in the magnet by pushing the center with the finger. If it touches, adjust again the suspension in the way to free the cone. Speaker always on a flat horizontal surface, periodically check that the cone moves without touching. I say that because I didn't check enough, and the paper cone was quite deformed, result is the cone is slightly touching inside and on some piano frequencies we can hear it.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/NLPm4NYD/IMG-20250419-134036.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NLPm4NYD)
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Even when new, the non-Bose speakers weren't the best to begin with. So any replacement speaker is an upgrade :y